TV
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A Delightful SXSW Conversation with Some ‘Muppet Guys Talking’
We talk to Frank Oz and the other original Muppeteers about creating characters, watching them evolve, and giving them sentience. After a few moving documentaries…
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Can Crowds Fund Anything?
No, but Netflix can. Our streaming overlords buy themselves some Orson Welles. Movies need money. They can win hearts, minds and lay the ground for thousands…
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“Let’s Go Home” — The Supercut of a Cliché
When there’s nothing left to say, this gets said. A lot. Screenwriting is a road wrought with potholes where other writers have come before you. These…
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Netflix to Resurrect One of Cinema’s Lost Treasures: Orson Welles’ ‘The Other Side of the Wind’
Plus: Jordan Peele makes history, a couple new trailers, and perfect shots.~In 1970, renowned auteur and wine lover Orson Welles began production on a film entitled…
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The Ultimate War Montage: God v Satan
A video of faith-shaking proportions. Nothing like the most epic battle of all-time (and even beyond that) to start the day. Since the dawn of man,…
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‘Dragon Tattoo’ Finally Gets a Follow-up, but without Fincher, Mara
Plus: SXSW reviews and perfect shots. You’d think someone like David Fincher would have proven their case for autonomy by now. You’d think that by hiring…
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‘Breaking Bad:’ The Movie
The Ballad of Walter White in two taut hours. When people are attempting to compliment series of this, the New Golden Age of television, often they…
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A Summer Box Office on the Edge of Spring: ‘Kong’ and ‘Logan’ Bring in the Big Bucks
Plus: the latest looks at ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Transformers 5,’ and news from SXSW Opening stronger than even the best predictions, Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ Kong: Skull Island…
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Making a Killing: The Primal Allure of Murder and Scandal
How one network sustains itself on true crime alone.‘Deadly Women’“The worst monsters are real,” Sword & Scale’s host Mike Boudet states over the sinister hum of…